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New CFO wants a pro-active role.(Bernhard Lufschutz at Opel AG)(Interview)

Automotive News Europe,  June, 2003  by Ostle, Dorothee

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Byline: Dorothee Ostle

Opel's new chief financial officer is a General Motors veteran known for being actively involved in product decisions.

Bernhard Lothschutz, 61, took over from Walter Borst on April 1 and is determined to make Opel an industry benchmark in material costs. That's something he achieved as CFO at GM's Holden subsidiary in Australia, his previous assignment.

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Borst moved to the USA in February to take over as corporate treasurer of General Motors. Starting in 1996, Lothschutz worked on driving down material costs at Holden until they were even, he said, ...

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